The bench said Delhi Government may set up within two weeks from today an 'Integrated Drain Management Cell' (IDMC) under the Chief Secretary for remediation and management of all drains of Delhi.
The directions came a day after CPCB told the tribunal that the restaurants in the area have not received nod for functioning and are extracting groundwater without permission.
Seelampur, Mustafabad, Behta Hazipur and Loni in Ghaziabad account for about 57 per cent, 15 per cent, 9 per cent and 10 per cent of all e-waste informal processing units
Godrej Properties is the real estate arm of diversified Godrej Group
NGT was hearing a plea by Bengaluru resident against the construction of Godrej Reflections at Kasavanahalli village
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel had posted the matter for hearing on January 3, 2020
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel directed the apex pollution monitoring body to submit report in a month
The tribunal was hearing a plea by south Delhi resident Amarjit Singh Nalwa and others seeking execution of a 2015 NGT order directing the Delhi government to remove encroachments
A bench, headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, said the delay in compliance with its order is causing harm to public health and environment and it be complied with expeditiously
It ordered the Ministry of Environment and Forest to form the high-powered committee (HPC) by August 22
The green panel had said the problem has not been tackled for the last 43 years and it has resulted in contamination of ground water affecting the health and life of the inhabitants.
The second of a five-part series highlights serious pollution, poor infrastructure, and rising sea levels as the ills of urbanisation that afflict the city
The NGT had earlier said there was no proper mechanism for plastic waste management in the country and directed the CPCB to take necessary action in this regard.
The DPCC monitors the river water quality on monthly basis through nine water quality monitoring stations
Delhi Chief Secretary, however, told the NGT that show cause procedure is unnecessary in view of the orders of the Supreme Court.
The tribunal suggested that people can be communicated about health emergency through public broadcasters like Doordarshan
At present, the proposal is to install 202 CAAQMS in 114 cities, out of which process to install 152 is underway
The UP chief minister has asked the state chief secretary to convene an urgent meeting
Approximately 9 million vehicles, of which 75 per cent are two-wheelers, will be due for scrapping by next year, the tribunal had said
The green panel said the problem has not been tackled for the last 43 years and it has resulted in contamination of ground water affecting the health and life of the inhabitants.